I woke up at 4 and couldn’t sleep, so I painted this. I really wanted to capitalize on the lessons I have learned from this painting, and give it one more shot before throwing in the towel, and I think I nailed it. The only thing I don’t like is the curve of the bridge. The…

I wanted to see how far I could push creative coloring… this is too far for me. I’m happy with the cliffs – which is funny because they have the least amount of colors. I also like the waterfall. I tried this one with no masking fluid, and I think that helped me to be…

For this one, I really wanted to explore light. Especially, the way light can bounce from one surface to the next. I really enjoyed the effect I got when I painted the bridge last time – by laying the lines down with a thin line of water to wet the paper on the lines, and…

  I had one goal tonight – and that was to experiment with light. I didn’t end up with a masterpiece, but I learned a lot. Shadows are different colors, depending on the color of what they fall on. When horizontal and vertical surfaces meet, I can go nuts with color, and run out of…

I tried to paint tonight with no masking fluid, and no sketch. (Which is probably why the bridge is falling down… oops!) I think the lack of masking fluid forced me to be more careful with the washes, which was a good thing. Overall, this painting needs more finesse than others I have tried. I think…

I wanted to try this painting again focused solely on the value structure, and composition. I figured, paint it purple, then there’s no way in hell I can start working in other colors to add variables to the lesson. So here it is – in purple. One thing I see right away is that the…

I tried to follow the rules that I set for myself Friday when it came time to paint this one. Only mask the waterfalls, and the trains. The background and cliffs I will do in two passes – no more – both washes. The mid ground will be three passes, a wash, a wash of…

Strike 2! I promise, im not fishing for compliments, I genuinely don’t like this painting – and that’s ok. I want to keep working on this one because there are so many different techniques involved here that I want to improve on. In the distance, I want to create the impression of atmosphere. I’m trying…